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May 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Republicans Are Already in Revolt Over Medicaid Cuts
Some Republican lawmakers are ready to kill the upcoming budget bill for not being cruel enough.
May 12, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Here’s How Much Trump Spent to Deport 32 Immigrants to Guantánamo
This makes zero financial sense—to say nothing of the plethora of human rights concerns.
May 12, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Transportation Sec Warns More Airport Outages Are Coming
Flying is about to get a whole lot worse, according to Sean Duffy.
May 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Fails Basic Math Problem in His Own Drug Prices Executive Order
Donald Trump made some wild claims about how much he’s about to bring down drug costs.
May 12, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
Trump Tries Totally Bogus Defense on Qatar Private Jet Gift
Donald Trump’s defense for accepting a $400 million private jet from Qatar is that Ronald Reagan did the same thing. Here’s the truth.
May 12, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump’s Drug Prices Executive Order Is a Big Pile of Nothing
Donald Trump has tried something like this once before—and failed.
May 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Did Trump Just Try to Take Credit for the New Pope?
Pope Leo XIV is the first American pope in history. Donald Trump apparently thinks that’s his own doing.
May 12, 2025
Hafiz Rashid
House Republicans Finally Unveil Their Deadly Medicaid Cuts
Millions of Americans will lose their health insurance under this plan.
May 12, 2025
Malcolm Ferguson
Even Trump’s Biggest Fan Is Outraged by Private Jet Corruption
Laura Loomer went on a lengthy tirade complaining about why Trump accepted the massive gift from Qatar.
May 12, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Trump Just Caved on China Tariffs—Big-Time
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that Chinese goods would only be subject to a 30 percent tariff, down from 145 percent.
May 12, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Trump Melts Down Over Damning Report on Qatar Giving Him a Private Jet
Donald Trump reportedly plans to use the luxury jet for Air Force One.
May 12, 2025
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The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Transcript: Trump Press Sec’s Praise of Him Takes Scary, Cultlike Turn
As Karoline Leavitt’s obsequious praise for Trump grows more absurd, a writer on Trumpism decodes what all this says about the “MAGA aesthetic” and how it fuels propaganda for the MAGA masses.
May 12, 2025
Casey Quinlan
Don’t Expect Much Trade-War Pushback From Corporate America
With firms facing economic uncertainty and caught in the political crossfire, customers who want transparency about the cost of goods have never had it so hard.
May 12, 2025
Michael Tomasky
Public-Sector Workers Are Heroes, and Democrats Should Say So
A new memo shows how Trump is gunning to weaken Elizabeth Warren’s Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. It’s time to fight, Democrats.
May 12, 2025
Podcast
The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent
Trump Press Sec’s Fawning Over Him to Media Takes Scary, Cultlike Turn
As Karoline Leavitt goes full North Korea in her obsequious praise for Trump, a sharp observer of Trumpism explains what all this says about the “MAGA aesthetic” and its likeness to authoritarian propaganda.
May 11, 2025
Jason Linkins
The Democrats Have an Age-Old Problem
The party is stewing with tension between young blood and their decorated elders. But the real fault line may have more to do with vigor than with age.
May 10, 2025
Greg Sargent
Angry Trump Kills “Woke” Program—and Accidentally Screws MAGA Voters
It’s called the Digital Equity Act. That word—“equity”—caught the White House’s attention. So now Trump is moving to nix funding—but it could cut off millions destined for red America.
May 10, 2025
Alex Shephard
New York City Is About to Make a Huge Mistake
Andrew Cuomo, who leads in the mayoral polls, has a Trumpian belief in his own spurious talents and triumphs. His election would likewise be a disaster for everyone subject to his rule.
May 9, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Stephen Miller Has a Dangerous New Idea About Habeas Corpus
The Supreme Court ordered Donald Trump to allow immigrants slated for deportation to file habeas petitions contesting their potential removal.
May 9, 2025
Matt Ford
David Souter Changed Supreme Court Nominations Forever
The late justice was picked to be a reliable conservative vote on the court. But he drifted left—and the right has never forgotten it.
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